Study Guide: Elective 2

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00 – Study Guide – Elective 2 – Using ICF in Physiotherapy (1)

Goal

Being able to discuss the relation between the ICF use in; physiotherapist assessment, multi-disciplinary practice and wider implications on monitoring and reporting on the effectiveness of physiotherapy interventions.

Applying ICF in Physiotherapy

“Physiotherapists provide services that develop, maintain and restore people’s maximum movement and functional ability. They can help people at any stage of life, when movement and function are threatened by ageing, injury, diseases, disorders, conditions or environmental factors” (World Physiotherapy). If physiotherapists are to show evidence of their effectiveness, they will need to record changes in functioning consequent on their interventions; changes in impairments such as strength or coordination; in activities such as sitting or gripping; in participation such as school or social life. Essential are changes to the environment, such as provision of a walking aid. The ICF provides the framework in which to consider the role of physiotherapy in improving the way their patients/client’s function. In this module you will explore how the ICF has been used by physiotherapists and consider how you might apply the ICF in your practice and the potential benefits.

References

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Daugaard, R., Sykes, C., Van Gool, C., Saleeby, P., & Maribo, T. (2018). ICF Reporting Criteria : Guidelines for quality reporting on use of ICF. WHO Family Of International Classifications Network Annual Meeting 2018, October, 2018.

Escorpizo, R., & Bemis-Dougherty, A. (2013). Introduction to Special Issue: A Review of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health and Physical Therapy over the Years. In Physiotherapy Research International. https://doi.org/10.1002/pri.1578

Filies, G., & Müller, J. (2022). The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Framework as a strategy to promote interprofessional collaboration during rural training in South Africa. In D. Ernstzen, L. Jacobs-Nzuzi Khuabi, & F. Bardien (Eds.), Transformation of learning and teaching in rehabilitation sciences: A case study from South Africa, in Human Functioning, Technology and Health Book Series, vol. 2 (pp. 169–190). https://doi.org/doi.org/10.4102/aosis.2022.BK357.08

Myezwa, H., Buchalla, C. M., Jelsma, J., & Stewart, A. (2011). HIV / AIDS : use of the ICF in Brazil and South Africa – comparative data from four cross-sectional studies. Physiotherapy, 97(1), 17–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2010.08.015

Postma, S. A. E., van Boven, K., Ten Napel, H., Gerritsen, D. L., Assendelft, W. J. J., Schers, H., & olde Hartman, T. C. (2018). The development of an ICF-based questionnaire for patients with chronic conditions in primary care. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 103, 92–100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2018.07.005

Saleeby, P., Sykes, C., Martinuzzi, A., Hough, J., Maribo, T., Lee, H., Leonardi, M., Leplege, A., Snyman, S., Ten Napel, H., Paltamaa, J., & Tomes, G. (2014). Development of Criteria to Review ICF Literature (Poster 513). Poster Booklet, WHO-FIC Network Annual Meeting, 11-17 October 2014, October.